Post-Doc Position: Physicist type to analyse complex social simulation models

This is a EPSRC-funded post-doctoral position as part of the SCID project (http://scid-project.org).  It is for a person with physics-skills/mindset who will be part of the complex systems group in the Department of Physics in the University of Manchester.  The work is applying techniques from physics to modelling complex social simulation models.  Thus some interest in simulation models may including more abstract individual-based simulations is also desirable.

Closing date :26/08/2012
Division :Theoretical Physics
Salary : £29,249 to £35,938
Employment type :Fixed Term
Duration:Two years in the first instance (renewable for another year)
Hours per week :35
Location :Manchester, UK

Details at:
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/DisplayJob.aspx?pageno=0&htmlpage=JobDisplay&Jobid=19456&txtKeywords=&chkCategory=962&lstRegion=&chkSalary=&chksubject=&optMatch=Any&clientid=73&AttachedSAF=0